{"id":28616,"date":"2021-08-03T11:01:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/?p=28616"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:31:06","slug":"%e2%80%9cthe-ashtray%e2%80%9d-published-in-persian%c2%a0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zardis.net\/news\/en\/28616\/%e2%80%9cthe-ashtray%e2%80%9d-published-in-persian%c2%a0\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Ashtray\u201d published in Persian\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TEHRAN \u2013 American director and writer Errol Morris\u2019s book \u201cThe Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)\u201d that criticizes the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn has been published in Persian in Tehran.<\/p>\n

Qoqnus is the publisher of the book translated into Persian by Reza Sadeqi. The book was first published in May 2018 by the University of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

In 1972, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at Errol Morris. This book is the result.<\/p>\n

At the time, Morris was a graduate student. Now we know him as one of the most celebrated and restlessly probing filmmakers of our time, the creator of such classics of documentary investigation as \u201cThe Thin Blue Line\u201d and \u201cThe Fog of War\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kuhn, meanwhile, was \u2014 and, posthumously, remains \u2014 a star in his field, the author of \u201cThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions\u201d, a landmark book that has sold well over a million copies and introduced the concept of \u201cparadigm shifts\u201d to the larger culture. And Morris thought the idea was bunk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ashtray\u201d tells why \u2014 and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris\u2019s way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me,\u201d Morris writes, \u201ctruth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has no patience for philosophical systems that aim for internal coherence and disdain the world itself. Morris is after a bigger game: he wants to establish as clearly as possible what we know and can say about the world, reality, history, our actions and interactions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the fundamental desire that animates his filmmaking, whether he\u2019s probing Robert McNamara about Vietnam or the oddball owner of a pet cemetery. The truth may be slippery, but that doesn\u2019t mean we have to grease its path of escape through philosophical evasions. Rather, Morris argues powerfully, it is our duty to do everything we can to establish and support it.<\/p>\n

In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it.<\/p>\n

Photo: A poster for the Persian translation of Errol Morris\u2019s book \u201cThe Ashtray\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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